# US 4,392,647 A · Floor hockey carom corner

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- Number: US 4,392,647 A
- Document ID: US4392647A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/340,867
- Filed: 1982-01-20
- Granted: 1983-07-12
- Earliest claimed: 1982-01-20
- Inventors: William J. Golebieski
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4392647A

## CPC

- A63B 71/02: for large-room or outdoor sporting games
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A floor-hockey carom corner comprises a pair of hinged members, which are adapted to form a 90-degree corner while supported against a floor surface in a cushioned, nonskid manner; inside portions of the hinged members remote from the hinge having arcuately hollowed portions, through which a member of a flexible sheet material, suitably bent or curved, is affixed to the hinged members to complete the structure. Advantages in terms of more realistic action, greater safety, eliminating unnecessary delays, and greater player satisfaction, are obtained.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A carom corner for an indoor floor game, said corner comprising, in combination
first and second frame members, each of said frame members having a chamfered end whereby said frame members may be joined to form a right angle,
hinge means joining said frame members,
said frame members further having in the vicinity of their ends remote from said hinge arcuately shaped recessed portions,
a panel member of flexible material and arcuate shape, and
means securing the ends of said panel to said remote ends of said frame members.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A carom corner as defined in claim 1, said corner comprising means for supporting said panel against a floor in a cushioned, non-skid manner.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A carom corner as defined in claim 2, wherein said means for supporting said panel against a floor in a cushioned non-skid manner comprises against said frame member a first layer of sponge rubber and against said floor a second layer of red pebble-grain rubber.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A carom corner as defined in claim 1, wherein said means securing said panel to said frame members comprises
(a) a pair of flat-headed bolts snugly received within recesses in said panel and
(b) a pair of nuts cooperating with said flat-headed bolts.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A carom corner as defined in claim 4, wherein the nuts of said pair of nuts are hexagonal nuts.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

A carom corner as defined in claim 4, wherein the nuts of said pair of nuts are wing nuts.